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My parents did, too... my mother divorced my "father" when I was 8 years old to "stop" him from "spanking" me to the point I was trying to hide bruises from teachers during PE lessons for weeks after the fact.
She wasn't much better herself, though - her way to cope with her children was to traumatise them for life, too. Yeah, I still bear the scars of her trying to "give" me to her aunt because I was annoying her.
You can't go better than traumatising children for the rest of their lives.
She wasn't much better herself, though - her way to cope with her children was to traumatise them for life, too. Yeah, I still bear the scars of her trying to "give" me to her aunt because I was annoying her.
You can't go better than traumatising children for the rest of their lives.
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peterlee · M
@HootyTheNightOwl I was beaten up black and blue by my father at eight. Chucked in the coal house too.
So bad was the bruising, they took me off school for two weeks, so that they would not be reported to the police.
They blamed me afterwards, saying it was all my fault. A sure tell tale sign of child abuse.
My father never touched me again, nor did I ever have respect for him.
And what was my crime: crying out when my mother reached orgasm. How would an eight year old boy understand that!
So bad was the bruising, they took me off school for two weeks, so that they would not be reported to the police.
They blamed me afterwards, saying it was all my fault. A sure tell tale sign of child abuse.
My father never touched me again, nor did I ever have respect for him.
And what was my crime: crying out when my mother reached orgasm. How would an eight year old boy understand that!
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peterlee · M
@HootyTheNightOwl I think we should have been taken into care. But I don’t think we would have faired any better there. The mental scars have affected both of us, in different ways. Take care.